With US in decline, voters who usually avoid extremes are now okay with itZohran Mamdani's New York mayoral primary win signals a potential leftward shift in the Democratic Party, despite right-wing criticism. The...
02 Jul, 2025, 06.28 AM IST
Study links high maternal stress during pregnancy to early puberty signs in first-born daughtersNew research from the University of California - Los Angeles suggests that high levels of stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy ma...
21 Feb, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
Census 2021 aims at near-accurate enumeration of Dalits & tribalsThe instruction manual of the Census 2021 has a code directory that has enlisted and given a specific code to every SC and ST community in ...
22 Jan, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
New social media experiment: Tracking India’s growing addiction to ASMR contentAccording to Google Trends, the interest in the term has been high since the last one year, peaking to 100 in October, and the curiosity fo...
25 Aug, 2019, 11.56 AM IST
‘Success in India is based on studying, having a job...where’s the creativity?’Steve Wozniak was barely 25 years old when he joined Jobs and Ronald Wayne to start what has emerged as the world’s most valuable company.
25 Feb, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Experts discuss heritage, urbanisation for Indo-UK joint projectHistorians, architects, anthropologists and experts from other related fields exchanged ideas on the role heritage can play in the sustaina...
24 May, 2017, 02.51 PM IST
How archaeologists across the country are unearthing the food of ancestors to shed light on the evolution of eatingThe average Indian’s interest in the archaeology of food was nudged out of its stupor in 2010 when archaeologists discovered the world’s ol...
09 Apr, 2017, 12.07 AM IST
Terrorism to be Ravana at Ram Lila attended by PM Narendra ModiOn Tuesday , when Narendra Modi will become the first PM to preside over the ceremony, the evil emblazoned on Ravana will be "terrorism".
11 Oct, 2016, 09.58 AM IST
How a Bengaluru bookseller weathered the ecommerce storm and opened his second used books storeBrick-and-mortar's gloom and doom only burnishes the triumph of Blossom Book House, Bengaluru’s much loved purveyor of used books on Church...
09 Oct, 2016, 03.49 PM IST
I was never expecting a Nobel Prize for Ashley Madison, says founder Noel BidermanThe hacking scandal has pulled the sheets off the adult dating site, but a year ago this is what its creator, Noel Biderman, said in its de...
24 Jul, 2015, 09.26 AM IST
After gay rights, is polygamy the next revolution?In the US, where conservative Christianity is a powerful force, the SC has upheld gay marriage as a fundamental right, striking down many s...
12 Jul, 2015, 01.04 PM IST
With FB & Twitter, public shaming gets a makeover; but roasting on social media can have dramatic impactWith the state slow and inefficient in its response and society largely indifferent in India, public shaming via social media has become an...
05 Apr, 2015, 10.37 AM IST
CAT is old hat for Gen Y; GMAT aspirants rise as young guns eye global B-schoolsThe number of students under 25 appearing for GMAT rose 19% in 2014 from the previous year, according to data from the Graduate Management ...
09 Jan, 2015, 10.50 AM IST
Data-crunched, digital-driven: A watershed election in more ways than oneThe election to the Lok Sabha, House of the people, termed as the largest peacetime exercise in living history, has been exceptional in man...
14 May, 2014, 06.46 PM IST
History of election symbols: How they still help to connect with the massesBefore that it’s all jousting about when and with alliances parties will go to the polls, but with symbols they are moving from manoeuvring...
18 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- BPOs sharpen regional language skills to tap home market
With a boom in the economy, the $1.6-bn domestic BPO market is all set to offer better customer service in regional languages.
04 Sep, 2008, 04.54 AM IST
- Ministry fails to get its language scheme right
The UPA government is dragging its feet on a proposal by the HRD ministry for the development and promotion of minor Indian languages.
15 Oct, 2007, 02.41 AM IST